Sea of Cortez 2017

Apr 08, 2017

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Sea of Cortez 2017We are off to the Sea of Cortez again launching on Monday as a followup project to the one you supported last year through experiment.  If you wish to follow along you can follow us on Facebook - @WiseLaboratory, or on our website www.wiselaboratory.org.  Feel free to sign up for our voyage updates by emailing us through our website www.wiselaboratory.org and we will add you to the update emails.  Thank you again for all of your support.

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John WiseResearcher

If we can access the Experiment page at sea - we will certainly post. But, we are guessing we will not have regular access to it so we recommend signing up by emailing us through our website. We do not have an email list of supporters from Experiment so we cannot simply add everyone to the email list. If you wish to email us at our contact email on the site wiselaboratory@gmail.com and request to be on the voyage email list - we will add you

Apr 08, 20170

John WiseResearcher

Rest assured once the samples arrive in Kentucky- we will be posting the news here on Experiment! We will then post the results of the first years trip here on Experiment- once the analyses are done. For now, its off to sea for a second year. It will also be a good chance for us to be physically in Mexico to better deal with the permit delays.

Apr 08, 20170

John WiseResearcher

The results of last years samples are not yet in. Mexico has taken a long time to issue the necessary import permit. I'm told it will be ready in time to bring last years and this years samples to Kentucky at the same time just after this years trip. We have been finding some interesting patterns over multiple years in our other field sites so we decided it was best to go forward with this year even though we don't have last years data yet.

Apr 08, 20170

Rebecca CollinsBacker

Would love ro see the results. Suzanne Collins, Laura Savery's mom

Apr 08, 20170

Rebecca CollinsBacker

Would love to see the results. Laura Savery's Mom, Suzanne Collins

Apr 08, 20170

About This Project

Are Pollutant Levels Changing in Marine Life? A Case Study of Metal Levels in Whales in the Sea of Cortez

Wise Laboratory Field Research Program, a project of The Ocean Foundation

Metal pollution in the ocean is a worldwide concern. We study the impact of metals, such as mercury, chromium and lead, on whales. Metals can accumulate in whale tissues, but its poorly understood how these metal levels change over time. In 2000, we analyzed metal levels in whales from the Sea of Cortez. Now, 16 years later we plan to return to the Sea of Cortez to measure how whale metal levels have changed. These data will help in the conservation and protection of these important animals.